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RALPH ALBERT RAMIREZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – May 15, 1969
Service recordRalph Albert Ramirez JR, of San Pablo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- San Pablo, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 20
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PRICESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- PAUL IRVING RODERIGUESSergeant · May 15, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE SANDERSSergeant · May 15, 1969
From San Pablo
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- DENNIS RAY HEIHNPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS ALBERT PRENTICESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- LITTLE JAY JACKSONSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.